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Also in GB2RS this week…
The RSGB has agreed to fund a 50MHz beacon specifically to study meteor events above the UK. Unlike conventional propagation beacons, this will beam vertically up using circular polarisation. The 50MHz band is particularly suitable for observing meteors by radio as they create an ionised trail strongly reflective to radio at that frequency while they […]
Rallies and Events News – 6 March 2022
Today, the 6th of March, the Exeter Radio & Electronics Rally will be held in America Hall, De La Rue Way, Exeter EX4 8PW. Also today, the 6th, the Hack Green Bunker Rally will be held at the Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8AL. There will be electronic equipment, amateur gear, components, […]
DX News – 6 March 2022
Alan, G3XAQ will be active again as 5X1XA from Kampala, Uganda between the 7th and 14th of March. He will operate CW only on the 80 to 10m bands, with main activity during the RSGB Commonwealth Contest. QSL direct to G3SWH. See the website and Logbook of The World. Nobby, G0VJG will be active as […]
Contest News – 6 March 2022
When operating in any contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following all relevant pandemic-related government rules. For RSGB Contests, until further notice, all logs received from stations in the Russian Federation or Belarus will be treated as check logs. The March 144/432MHz contest runs for 24 hours until 1400UTC today, the 6th […]
Special Events News – 6 March 2022
Newport ARS has been granted GB4NPT to celebrating the 20th anniversary of Newport, South Wales, being granted full city status. The station will be operating throughout March. There is a QRZ page available for more information. GB80LAN in the UK, VE80LAN from Canada and VK80LAN from Australia, will mark the 80th anniversary of the first […]
Propagation News – 6 March 2022
We had another pretty uninspiring week, sunspot wise, with the solar flux index struggling to get above 100, at least until later in the week when it touched 110 on Thursday. The good news is that, on the whole, geomagnetic conditions were quiet, which really allowed the F2 ionospheric layer to develop. As a result, […]
